"Beginning with Dr. Marie Maynard Daly, the first African American woman to receive a PhD in chemistry in the United States--in 1947, from Columbia University--

Dr. Marie Maynard Daly received her PhD in Chemistry from Columbia University in 1947. Although she was hardly the first of her race and gender to engage in the

This is the second of two books about African-American female chemists. The first book (African-American Women Chemists, 2011) focused on the early pioneers--wo

Medical professionals, chemists, social workers, and psychologists present essays on health and social issues African-American women are facing, including heart

Though there has been a rapid increase of women’s representation in law and business, their representation in STEM fields has not been matched. Researchers ha